Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31398341-20170409101440/@comment-31398341-20170421045831

TrinityFlare wrote: Robepriority wrote: First: Thats why it has weakness policy.

Aegislash takes one supereffective hit, in sheild mode, on the same turn he swords dances. Then he stance changes and uses priority shadow sneak.

Second: Chesnaught's only viability came from blocking Gengar, and with dazzling gleam sets becoming common, it's not viable at all.

Third: RNG sawsbuck coffee. aegislash cant take a flamethrower or overheat tho... It can take a hit and activate weakness policy, and then retaliate with a boosted Iron Head or Sacred Sword too.

252 Atk Garchomp Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Aegislash-Shield: 230-272 (70.9 - 83.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ Atk Tyranitar Crunch vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Aegislash-Shield: 206-246 (63.5 - 75.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252 Atk Charizard Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Aegislash-Shield: 206-246 (63.5 - 75.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

252+ Atk Salamence-Mega Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Aegislash-Shield: 182-216 (56.1 - 66.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

The real weakness of this set would probably be M-Char Y

252 SpA Charizard-Mega-Y Flamethrower vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Aegislash-Shield in Sun: 360-426 (111.1 - 131.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

However, if the opposing pokemon cannot deal with Aegislash, it will have a chance to setup Swords Dance while the opponent switch or firing weak attacks. There is little to no perfect counter to Aegislash, especially when Stealth Rock is up. When SR is up, no pokemon like to switch in on it, including Charizard Y. Even if it is not up, it will take a chunk of damage. It can even be KOed after some prior damage.

+2 252+ Atk Aegislash-Blade Shadow Sneak vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Charizard-Mega-Y: 195-231 (65.6 - 77.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock